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All India Radio (AIR) started transmissions last month of its digital satellite radio service for the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, according to local reports. “Though AIR has been running […]

Zee Telefilms’ (ZTL) board has completed a major corporate restructuring involving some 11 broadcasting/multimedia subsidiaries, including E-connect India, Zee Multimedia Worldwide, BVI and Asia TV, USA will cease to exist. […]

The satellite manufacturing industry has been dogged in recent months by execution problems, leading many manufacturers to take a long, hard look at themselves to improve quality of services. Randy […]

Discovery Networks Europe has secured a five-year deal for direct-to-home (DTH) digital distribution in Poland with Nowa Cyfra Plus, the pay-TV broadcaster that resulted from the merger of Cyfra Plus […]

No broadcaster needs reminding about how tough it was in 2001. Ad bookings were already under considerable pressure prior to Sept. 11. Then, on that awful day, the bottom just […]

Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 93.5 degreesE: Insat 2C D – A mass exodus of channels has occurred here as most of the activity transfers to the new […]

Burma’s Myawady Television began using Indonesia’s Palapa C2 satellite March 1, a change which will save the company about $400,000 a year, according to the broadcaster. The channel has been […]

Cyfra+ has unveiled its new channel line-up in Poland. The “new” Cyfra+ (called Nowa Cyfra+ in Polish) is a combination between the old Cyfra+ and UPC’s satellite platforms. It is […]

Call for the building and commercialisation of a new satellite for Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus emerged from a ministerial meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Feb. 14. According to a memorandum […]

Reports are emerging that Chinese authorities are cracking down on the illegal use of satellite dishes. Shanghai is a particular focus of attention. Dish-ownership is tightly controlled and so-called “work […]

Debt-strapped satellite, transmission and cable company NTL is quitting Australia, selling out its 578 towers to Macquarie Bank for A$850 million (US$439 million) in cash. NTL bought Australia’s National Transmission […]

Aramiska’s assault on the continental European broadband satellite markets is set to begin in earnest. The operator, which is already selling satellite broadband services in the UK, is getting ready […]

Valentine’s Day represented a special day for the digital audio radio service (DARS) sector with a somewhat soft marketing launch of Sirius’ system in Phoenix, Houston, Denver and Jackson, Miss.. […]

Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity, compiled by Mike Fallon D = Digital A = Analogue 80 degreesE: Express 6A D: Russia’s TV Tsentr can be found on two […]

A WorldSpace spokesman has confirmed it has put its AmeriStar satellite launch plans on hold. Eugene Reich, a spokesman for the company, said the launch of AmeriStar requires financial resources […]

Thuraya will launch its second Boeing-built satellite by year end, increasing its subscriber capacity seven times, according to reports out of Abu Dhabi. The company’s first satellite, launched in October […]

Netherlands-based New Skies Satellite (NSS) last week reported relatively flat earnings for 2001, up only 6 percent compared to the previous year. Its forecast for this year shows only modest […]

TPS (La Télévision Par Satellite), the number two French satellite player, predicts it will break through the 100 million euros ($87.6 million) barrier for interactive services this year. Alain Staron, […]

Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat says it is unhappy with current satellite prices, which it says are around 20 percent higher than two years ago. As a result, the operator may […]

Only weeks after acquiring Comsat Mobile Communications, Oslo-based Telenor is reportedly mulling the sale of all or part of its satellite operations, according to a report in Norwegian newspaper Dagens […]

Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity, compiled by Mike Fallon D = Digital A = Analogue 78.5 degreesE: Thaicom 2&3 D: Croatia’s HRT1 has launched on 3551 MHz horizontal, […]

Dear Subscriber: You are invited to attend an exclusive teleseminar presented by PBI Media on “The Tauzin-Dingell Bill: What It Means to You and Your Company,” Feb. 25, 1:30-3 p.m. […]

Mediaset, the largest commercial broadcaster in Italy, has announced that it plans to significantly reduce costs in 2002. Mediaset CEO Giulano Adreani said in an interview with Italian daily Il […]

Tiscali, Europe’s largest alternative Internet service provider (ISP), has launched a three-month trial of a two-way satellite service in the United Kingdom as it looks for ways to derive greater […]

The successful Kourou launch of Insat 3C on an Ariane 4 (model 42L) rocket (Insat 3C was initially planned to launch on an Ariane 5 series) means there are only […]

Dutch composite channel BVN-TV was scheduled to go on air over southern Africa on Feb. 1, in time for the royal wedding between Dutch Crown Prince Willem Alexander and Maxima […]

Thuraya last week signed what it described as a landmark agreement signalling its full acceptance of a $1 billion (1.2 billion euro) turnkey project for a new Thuraya satellite telephony […]

Broadband access revenue derived from satellite service providers in Europe is likely to be close on $2 billion in 2008. That is according to a major study by Pioneer Consulting […]

The rise of pay-TV revenues increase throughout Europe has spawned the rise of the pirate satellite smart card industry. According to Davide Rossi, the Secretary General of AEPOC (the European […]

Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity, compiled by Mike Fallon D = Digital A = Analogue 93.5 degrees E: Insat 2B & 2C D: There has been a number […]